Are you logged in as a regular user or as root? You probably have to be root. hth, kent ----- Original Message ----- From: Beavis <beavis@bidz.com> To: debian list <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 1:58 PM Subject: permission denied i am trying to run fp_install.sh i get a bash error bash: /usr/local/fp_install.sh: Permission denied anyone know why? tamnkx beavis